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Chabad says 100,000 people attended Zoom commemoration for Rabbi Menachem Schneerson

The influential rabbi’s legacy was celebrated in what could be the world’s biggest Zoom gathering to date.

By Laura E. Adkins June 25, 2020 6:12 pm

For elderly Jews in the former Soviet Union, COVID-19 lockdown loneliness is debilitating

Organizations like the JDC are calling elderly, often poor Jews to make up for the social networks the pandemic has destroyed.

June 25, 2020 5:04 pm

Allen Fagin, head of the Orthodox Union, reflects on how the pandemic has changed Orthodox life

“I don’t know anyone who has a crystal ball that’s good enough to help us figure out what the effects are going to be,” the organization’s retiring executive vice president said.

June 25, 2020 4:19 pm

Facebook prank tricks thousands into thinking ‘Back to the Future’ actors are Israeli couple from the 1950s

By Cnaan Liphshiz June 25, 2020 4:04 pm

Jewish teens help successful effort to abolish Oakland’s school police force

By Gabriel Greschler June 25, 2020 12:47 pm

More Bay Area Jewish Community Centers slash budgets and lay off staff members

By Gabe Stutman June 25, 2020 11:08 am

Jenny Slate decides to leave Netflix’s ‘Big Mouth’ because her character is half Black

By Gabe Friedman June 24, 2020 4:59 pm

This quiz show aficionado has won JTA’s ‘You Call That News?!?’ 4 times. Who will break his streak?

By Philissa Cramer June 24, 2020 4:19 pm

In Germany, several churches have perverse anti-Semitic sculptures from the Middle Ages. Can one man get them taken down?

By Toby Axelrod June 23, 2020 4:34 pm

Watch: A homemade music video from ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ team

By Gabe Friedman June 22, 2020 3:24 pm

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Chabad says 100,000 people attended Zoom commemoration for Rabbi Menachem Schneerson

For elderly Jews in the former Soviet Union, COVID-19 lockdown loneliness is debilitating

Allen Fagin, head of the Orthodox Union, reflects on how the pandemic has changed Orthodox life

Facebook prank tricks thousands into thinking ‘Back to the Future’ actors are Israeli couple from the 1950s

Jewish teens help successful effort to abolish Oakland’s school police force

More Bay Area Jewish Community Centers slash budgets and lay off staff members

Jenny Slate decides to leave Netflix’s ‘Big Mouth’ because her character is half Black

This quiz show aficionado has won JTA’s ‘You Call That News?!?’ 4 times. Who will break his streak?

In Germany, several churches have perverse anti-Semitic sculptures from the Middle Ages. Can one man get them taken down?

Watch: A homemade music video from ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ team

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